Causas y azares
Cuando Pedro salió a su ventana
No sabia, mi amor, no sabia
Que la luz de esa clara mañana
Era luz de su ultimo día
*Y las causas lo fueron cercando
Cotidianas, invisibles
Y el azar se le iba enredando
Poderoso, invencible
Cuando Juan regresaba a su lecho
No sabia, oh!, alma querida
Que en la noche lluviosa y sin techo
Le esperaba el amor de su vida
( * )
Cuando acabe este verso que canto
Yo no se, yo no se, madre mía
Si me espera la paz o el espanto
Si el ahora, o si el todavía
Pues las causas me andan cercando
Cotidianas, invisibles
Y el azar se me viene enredando
Poderoso, invencible
Causes and Chances
When Pedro looked out his window
He didn’t know, my love, he didn’t know
That the light of that clear morning
Was the light of his last day
*And the causes were closing in on him
Everyday, invisible
And chance was getting tangled up
Powerful, invincible
When Juan returned to his bed
He didn’t know, oh!, dear soul
That on that rainy, roofless night
The love of his life was waiting for him
(*)
When I finish this verse that I sing
I don’t know, I don’t know, my mother
If peace or terror awaits me
If it’s now, or if it’s still
For the causes are closing in on me
Everyday, invisible
And chance is getting tangled up
Powerful, invincible